The Hill is reporting today that Senator Carl Levin of Michigan, during an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union with John King,” stated that General Stanley McChrystal should not have the final say on U.S. strategy going forward in Afghanistan. 

According to the article:

“He’s just in the chain of command, and there’s higher-ups,” Levin
said. “This is not a situation like General Petraeus in Iraq, when the
president basically said, whatever the commander in Iraq wants, he’s
going to get.”

He might have mentioned that General Petraeus was successful in Iraq and George Bush was glad he listened to him.  The last war American politicians ran was Viet Nam and that didn’t turn out too well.

We have a totally inexperienced President and a tried and tested General.  I think I would rather follow the advice of the General.